 | Richard Corley at Osgoode's Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements Conference - 2016 |
February-11-2016
| Lawyer | Richard Corley |
| Area | Technology |
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Osgoode Professional Development Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, February 11, 2016
8:45 am - 5:15 pm: Understanding the IP in Your IT: Intellectual Property Considerations Critical to Your Technology Agreements
Speaker: Richard Corley, Partner, Goodmans LLP
This session will cover:
- Identifying the IP and its ownership; potential pitfalls arising from joint ownership of IP
- Characterizing IP involved in the transaction: foreground versus background IP; base product versus customization; methodologies versus work product
- What rights do employees and independent contractors have in the IP they provide as part of technology development?
- How information technology agreements can impact multi-million dollar IP infringement disputes
